Syria in Last 24 Hours:

ISIL Fleeing towards Depth of Sweida Desert as Army Continues Advancing

Rasa - The Damascus army continued advancing against the ISIL in several flanks in the Eastern desert of Sweida over the past 24 hours, forcing tens of terrorists to retreat from their positions in groups towards the depth of Toloul al-Safa.

News ID: 440825

Date: 04 October 2018 - 13:00

RNA - The army men continued storing ISIL's strongholds from 5 flanks in Toloul al-Safa in Eastern desert, imposing control over more areas.

The Syrian troops managed to seize control over a field hospital and a water reservoir, destroying a command post.

Tens of ISIL terrorists, who were not capable of resisting, fled the battlefield towards the depth of Toloul al-Safa.

Meantime, the Syrian army continued its military advances in other parts of Syria over the past 24 hours.

Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured during the Syrian army's operations in provinces across Syria.

Sweida

The Syrian Army troops continued advancing against the ISIL in several flanks in the Eastern desert of Sweida on Tuesday, forcing tens of terrorists to retreat from their positions in groups towards depth of Toloul al-Safa.

The army men continued storing ISIL's strongholds from 5 flanks in Toloul al-Safa in Eastern desert, imposing control over more areas.

The army men managed to seize control over a field hospital and a water reservoir, destroying a command post.

Other units of the army managed to capture an area as large as 6 sq-km in the rocks that is full of hideout.

The army further seized two training bases and a large volume of military equipment and weapons.

Other army men preempted an attack of a group of ISIL that were planning to life government forces' siege.

The army men captured the entire members of the group that were in fake dress.

Idlib-Aleppo

A senior terrorist commander and a number of militants were killed in a fresh round of clashes among rival groups in Idlib and Aleppo provinces on Tuesday.

Mohammad Rahal, a notorious commander of Tahrir al-Sham Hay'at (the Levant Liberation Board or the Al-Nusra Front) was gunned down by unknown attackers in the village of Ma'ardabsah South of the town of Saraqib in Idlib.

In the meantime, a number of gunmen of the al-Turkistani Islamic Party were killed after unidentified raiders opened fire at them in the village of Ashtabraq in Jisr al-Shughour region in Western Idlib.

Meanwhile, unknown raiders attacked a base of Tahria al-Sham in al-Lairamoun in Northern Aleppo, killing four terrorists and seizing their weapons.

Raqqa

A sum of 2,800 bodies of the victims of the US-led coalition air attacks have been discovered in several mass graves in Raqqa city, a Russian media outlet reported on Tuesday.

The Arabic-language website of RT quoted Commander of Raqqa Civil Council Team Yaser al-Khamis as reporting that four mass graves, including 2,800 bodies of civilians, have been unearthed in Raqqa city.

In the meantime, a media activist reported that the bodies of a sum of 50 victims of US airstrikes were unearthed in al-Jamili, Hawar School, al-Amasi, al-Badou and Tejari 2 districts in Raqqa city in the last week.

Local sources in Raqqa reported last week that 9 more bodies of civilians killed in the US-led coalition attacks were found in al-Jamili district in Raqqa city.

Over 100 Turkish army men and Ankara-backed militants have been killed or wounded in clashes with Kurdish militias in occupied regions in Northern Syria in the last month, a Kurdish-language media outlet reported on Tuesday.

According to Fars News Agency, Hawar news quoted members of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) as reporting that the Kurdish militias conducted 38 attacks on the Turkish army and its allied militants in Northern Syria in the last 30 days, killing 11 Turkish soldiers and officers and 63 more militants.

It further said that 37 Ankara forces, including 6 soldiers were injured in the attacks.

The Kurds managed to destroy a base, 6 military vehicles and a tank, Hawar news said, adding that the Kurdish militias also seized a large volume of arms and ammunition.

Hama

Terrorist groups sent more gunmen and military equipment to contact lines with Syrian Army on Tuesday, launching more missile attacks on government forces' positions in Hama province.

The Arabic-language website of Sputnik quoted a military source as reporting that Jeish al-Izzah forwarded a number of heavy military vehicles loaded with more equipment and fighters to Northern Hama to boost its positions in al-Latamina, Tal Othman and Wadi al-Jisat.

It further said that the army has been monitoring terrorists' movement in the region, targeting them by artillery fire and destroying three vehicles.

The Arabic Sputnik said that the terrorists conducted missile attacks on residential areas in regions that are under the army's control, including the small towns of Jourin and Foro in Northwestern Hama.

The news agency said that the army's artillery and missile units pounded terrorists' movements and positions in al-Sarmaniyah, al-Ziyarah and al-Mansourah region.

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